Monday, 23 July 2012

Plover Lover.

The Green Plover or Lapwing or even Pee-wit is an almost instantly recognisable bird mainly for its rounded wing appearance and at close quarters its crest giving the bird an air of exotica. We still see fair numbers of these birds but nothing like the numbers we used to when there seemed to be several pairs nesting in most spring sown arable fields, they appear to nowadays be victims of predation resulting in the setting up of a volunteer group at RSPB Otmoor to monitor the effect that Corvids, Red Kite and Buzzard my be having on their numbers, one suspects management of the crop levels they nest in could well be one of the answers to this worrying trend.

No comments:

Post a Comment

oxon feather

About Me

OXON FEATHER is a personal mainly birding blog, from a birder who is not a great twitcher as my identification skills leave a lot to be desired, and my real interest lies in the birds we used to be able to take for granted but now need our help, including many farmland species, among the birds I have on my help list are : Turtle Dove, Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker,Spotted Flycatcher, Nightingale, Tree Sparrow, Willow Tit and Grey Partridge to name just a few. I retired from farming about 2004 and retain many farming contacts some of them rather sensitive to strangers, so if I am sometimes unable to name sites I hope you will understand, as my priorities are the welfare of the birds and to respect the confidence placed in me by my contacts. I lost the love of my life Linda Mary (Linner)16/01/2012 and i'm strugglig to come to terms after being devoted to each other for 43 years of marriage. In time I hoped my loss would get easier but if anything I miss her more and more with each passing day - My sweet caring Linner.